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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1906
Page
1
Vulcano erupts with lava streams flooding towns on the gulf of Naples. Boscotrecase and Torre Annunziata are evacuated as residents flee red hot lava and shattered windows. Delays in railway service hamper relief efforts while tremors and electric charging atmosphere add to the terror.
Descriptive account of Vesuvius eruption showing a fiery mountain belching lava serpents of flame and dense smoke. Viewers describe blast and tremors as trunks and vegetation burn, homes and villages threatened, and people mourn losses in a scene of awe and horror.
In New York the requested conference between anthracite operators and miners committees was postponed from today to tomorrow. In Albany a jury acquitted Rev. A G Sutherlin of wife murder today.
The passage paints a sapphire Mediterranean view with violet lined mountains on the Sorrento peninsula and the island of Capri resting in a calm sea. It evokes a vivid coastal landscape.
In Pittsburgh at Grievers bakery 1433 Fifth Avenue a fire about 2 a.m. caused by natural gas explosion led Miss P C Fitzgerald to jump from a third story window and be fatally injured. Policeman Charles Sluys was seriously hurt as he tried to save her. Pearl Carr escaped with an infant by crawling along a ledge to an adjacent pane.
Henry William Miller who represented Michigan's eleventh district in the Fiftieth Congress dies at his Washington home after a two week illness from heart trouble.
The Swift estate is estimated at 10,000,000 with only 5,000 willed to family. a church receives that sum. Other items note the Moroccan conference adjourning sine die after treaty, Cambridge beating Oxford in the boat race for 27th win, and various international and military notes.
A Chicago Record-Herald cartoonish quote wonders if a man would marry a woman who sued another man for breach of promise, noting that the decision would hinge on the jury’s awarded damages. The snippet reflects attitudes toward courts and romance in the era.
Fragmented snippet from Baltimore American hints at a door bell moment with uncertain context and garbled quotation marks. No clear人物 or event identified due to text corruption.
William Waldorf Astor, a major New York real estate owner, purchases the Cliveden country seat from the late Duke of Westminster. His son John Jacob joins the Royal Guards and Waldorf is set to receive Cliveden as a wedding present for his son.
Dr William Dowie and party left San Antonio for St Louis as Zionites held a secret meeting to hear him. L C Hall defended Dowie saying Texans connected with Zion endorsed him, while condemning Voliva and his followers. The crowd prayed and sang as Dowie entered.
Dowie spoke to a Zion audience about polygamy and his wife's conduct. He led a prayer and delivered a personal narrative while the crowd voiced praise and lent support despite his harsh remarks about Mrs Dowle.
A dramatic confrontation occurs after a Dowie talk as Emma Rapp and her husband confront the apostle. The accuser details the Dowies’ marriage hardships and Mrs Dowie’s alleged jealousy while Deacon Lewis and Deacon Peters denounce Mrs Dowie. Dowie pledges to fight for Zion’s rehabilitation.
In the Pittsburg area ninety percent of soft coal mines are at work and most idled miners have returned. Ohio operators decline to adopt the established scale, preferring arbitration and refusing adjustments beyond the 1906 terms, while talks with Mitchell and the scale committee continue with a likely meeting today.
Charles A. Peabody president of Mutual Life Insurance denies in writing any connection with MH Uf Harriman and J Pierpont Morgan. He says he was not controlled by these capitalists and denotes the letter as a rebuttal to claims. The missive was sent to D C Haldeman British general agent.
Chicago market summary for April 9 1906 showing cattle receipts about 14000 and 18000 head for cattle and animals with hogs at 32000 today and 47314 ship week totals. Prices span light to heavy hogs mixed packers and rough shipping grades with cattle and sheep steady to higher and local firming signals from packers.
Kansas City stock exchange faces a sweeping court ruling that declares stock and cattle mortgage practices a trust. The unanimous decision reverses a prior ruling, threatening millions in cattle contracts and challenging existing commissions.
Berlin April 9 Judge Adolf Hartmann German representative at the St Louis Congress of Lawyers spent fifteen months in the United States studying courts and institutions. He publishes an exhaustive treatise urging limited imitation of US practices including conditional sentences delayed on good behavior and children's courts while noting US ideas Germany hopes to realize.
Lincoln notes a private letter from William J. Bryan written in Calcutta India. He expects to return home mid September. The itinerary includes voyages from Bombay to Cairo to the Holy Land then to Constantinople and finally St. Petersburg around the time a new regime begins in Russia.
Democrats carry Davenport by sizable plurality replacing the Republican administration. Final margins reported between 600 and 1000 votes. Local races and candidates not fully listed in the fragment. Nassau era style report notes party shift and municipal result.
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